Distress Call - JRC JHS-770S Instruction Manual

DISTRESS CALL

When sending a distress call, follow the instructions of the ship's captain or officer in charge.
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Open the DISTRESS
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Press and hold the
When completed the countdown and displayed the screen at right below, the distress call is transmitted.
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
70
CH
2.3)Distress call
Nature Nature :[Fire
Position:[NE]
DISTRESS call
starts in [ 12ﾟ34.5678'N]
[123ﾟ45.6789'E]
4
UTC :[12:20]
Press DISTRESS to send.
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After sending the distress call, wait for an acknowledgement.
When receiving a distress acknowledgement, the screen below is displayed. Unless received the
distress acknowledgement or cancelled the distress call mode manually, this equipment repeats the
distress call sending every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes automatically.
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
1 6
CH
Received Acknowledgement
Type :Distress
To :All ships
From :001234567......
Dist-ID :987654321......
Nature :Fire...........
Position :34ﾟ00.1234'N...
Press CANCEL to silence alarm.
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After receiving the distress acknowledgement, lift the handset and request rescue
using CH16 of the radiotelephone.
First, the responding station will call by the radiotelephone, then acknowledge the receipt as follows.
"MAYDAY",
"this is",
Own ship's Maritime Mobile Service Identity number (MMSI) and the call sign, ship's
position, nature of distress, and rescue requests
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Sending a Distress Call
CAUTION
key cover on the NCM-1770 CONTROLLER.
DISTRESS key for 4 seconds. (See the note below.)
CH70
[ITU]
]
.
sec
.
[Cancel]
CH70
[ITU]
ACK...
.....
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
POS
TX EXT 179ﾟ59'W
70
CH
Sending
DISTRESS
DISTRESS call...
[ITU]
SQL
Next DISTRESS call: 3.9min later
89ﾟ59'S